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Table 3 Analysis of the risk factors for POPF in LDG patients

From: Preoperative evaluation to determine the difficulty of No. 6 lymphadenectomy in laparoscopic gastrectomy

Variables

POPF (-)

(n = 34)

POPF (+)

(n = 14)

p-value

Sex (men / women)

19 / 15

9 / 5

0.59

Age (< 65 / 65)

3 / 31

4 / 10

0.09

BMI (< 25 / 25)

25 / 9

12 / 2

0.35

Operative time (min)

248 ± 60

287 ± 39

0.04

Blood loss (ml)

24.3 ± 43.8

9.8 ± 13.9

0.81

Minor bleeding during No.6 LND (- / +)

22 / 12

5 / 9

0.07

Difficulty (- / +)

25 / 9

5 / 9

0.01

  1. POPF postoperative pancreatic fistula, LDG laparoscopic distal gastrectomy, BMI body mass index, LND lymph node dissection
  2. The bold values means significant difference (p<0.05)